6 sentences with 'astonished'
Example sentences and phrases with the word astonished and other words derived from it.
• « He was astonished when Rabbi Leo Franklin, an old friend of his, returned the Model T that Henry had sent him as a gift. »
• « A hundred years earlier, his compatriot, the physician William Harvey, had astonished the world's scientists with his work De motu cordis, in which he clearly described the mechanisms of blood circulation. »
• « If any member of his company's staff had seen him buy the cigarettes, they would have been astonished, for it was common knowledge that Mr. Martin did not and had never smoked; but none of them did. »
• « The next day, in the dining room, Roberts was astonished to see dozens of plainclothes policemen there. He recognised them by the plastic badges on their lapels. »
• « Six weeks later I was astonished to see the entire audience stand up to applaud me and give me first place. This is nothing more and nothing less than what I want to feel for the rest of my life, I said to myself. »